Monday, July 28, 2008

Chine rail


Chine rail
Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker.
The chine rail is a piece of basswood that simply glues into the slots left in the frames. The front end has to be champfered and you get to hang on to 6 inches or so of excess material. Other than that, with plenty of clamps it's a easy job.

Once in place the rail section has to be sanded to remove the outside corner. With basswood (UK=Lime I think) this is really easy to do as the wood works so well. Bit dustier than I expected but otherwise fine.

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